Japanese Pop Star Shaves Her Head After Walk Of Shame

In most parts of the world if a celebrity is caught doing a walk of shame, there is not usually any shame unless of course you are spotted coming out of Lindsay Lohan's house. Then you run with a paper bag over your head and hope no one spots you and your mother never finds out. In Japan, especially in certain pop groups, it can mean the end of your career. AKB48 pop star Minami Minegishi was caught doing a walk of shame from her boyfriend's house. One of the number one rules of the group is you are not allowed to have a boyfriend. So, actually coming out of your boyfriend's house after spending the night is frowned upon. So, Minami shaved her head and made a public apology and begged to be allowed to stay in the group. She has been demoted to trainee status for now.

It's a cultural thing. If she knew ahead of time that she wasn't allowed to have a boyfriend (I'm guessing it was so that the group could be promoted as a chaste example to their tween audience) then she should have been more discreet.

I don't agree, but it's better than seeing Bieber and Selena practically having sex in the ocean last year. That was just all sorts of gross.

Yeah PW, I was surprised too! They actually hold the world record for largest pop group. Plus it seems like they are Menudo-esque. Once the girls reach a certain age (early 20's) they are rotated out. Reading the wiki it appears that it's so they can give concerts on the same day at different parts of the world.Weirdness but I'm sure very lucrative, they have tons of hits overseas.

S.joy I agree. Will it be noticed? It's not like a New Kid/Backstreet/Justin etc was kicked out of the group. Though it would have been funny back in the day if Justin was demoted to trainee for no other reason than the denim at the awards with Britney

Nothing happen to the guy involved and the guy wasn't her bf apparently. They were just "friends". The guy involved is also a celebrity from a boy group but the dating policy under his management is more lenient.

As for her agency, her punishment from them was being demoted not getting her head shaved. There were dating controversies from other members in AKB48 in the past but the punishment is either getting demoted or leaving the group.

In Asian cultures being shamed and losing your honour IS a serious matter.People have even committed suicide rather than face humiliation and public shame or bring disgrace upon themselves or their family. It's a completely different culture.

I hate the sexism in Japan. The reason the girls have to stay chaste is because of their insane, obsessive MALE fans who think that the idols are their waifus or whatever.

Christmas Eve is traditionally a romantic holiday in Japan and these stupid assholes actually devote days to tracking down what the idols did that night – to make sure they weren't with a man – and disturbingly a lot of the idols go along with it and stay in public or post pics to prove they weren't with a guy. The otaku who are obsessed with them then check their statements and photos for inconsistencies.

It's exactly like old Hollywood in a lot of ways, but worse, because honour has so much more meaning in Japan than in the US.

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